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This is Leg Nr.23 of my Trans America Rally. This flight took me from Port Angeles southweast-wards over 547 nm or 1.013 km to Elko in Nevada. In Port Angeles the 4th aircraft-type change took place. For this trip and the next flights the standard plane for this tour was/will be in use --> the Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Panther in Trans America Rally paint ! :)
Port Angeles City Information:
Population: ~ 20.000
Located on the Olympic Peninsula in the northwest corner of Washington State, Port Angeles is a community of just under 20.000. Port Angeles is a modern community, rich in cultural events, history and diversity. It was officially established as the location of the Custom House in 1861, but its history started long before when the Lower Elwha S'Klallam tribe used what is now called Hollywood Beach as a fishing village. This site is now frontage for the waterfront trail and city pier and the Port of Port Angeles still maintains a vigorous harbour for trade and commerce. Port Angeles was established as a townsite by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and showcases its history and art in a variety of museums and galleries. The forest and fishing industries played major roles in the boom and bust economy of Port Angeles. The regenerative forest around Port Angeles supplied the building materials for Seattle, San Francisco and beyond. Trees of mammoth proportions were shipped through the Port and salmon was king of the Strait and plentiful for all to fish. Commercial fisherman, charter boats, and sport fisherman took their limits easily and returned year after year just as the salmon did. Both industries have slowed as concerns over habitat for bird and salmon are analyzed and protective zones and regulations have been developed. Port Angeles sits near the base of the spectacular Olympic Mountains and consequently boasts a multitude of outdoor recreation opportunities. Port Angeles was selected as the "best outdoor sports town in Washington state" by Sports Afield magazine in 1998. You can do it all in and around Port Angeles, from snowshoeing to surfing. Olympic National Park was established in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and generations of residents and travellers have also visited the Olympics for rest and rejuvenation. Two hot springs in Olympic National Park were touted for their medicinal value early in the 1900’s and still welcome visitors.
Washington State Information:
Land area: 66.544 square miles (172.349 km²)
Population: 6.068.996
Capital: Olympia
Nr. of Counties: 39
10 largest cities: Seattle 563.374; Spokane 195.629; Tacoma 193.556; Vancouver 143.560; Bellevue 109.569; Everett 91.488; Federal Way 83.259; Kent 79.524; Yakima 71.845 and Bellingham 67.171
Governer: Gary Locke
As part of the vast Oregon Country, Washington territory was visited by Spanish, American, and British explorers—Bruno Heceta for Spain in 1775, the American Capt. Robert Gray in 1792, and Capt. George Vancouver for Britain in 1792–1794. Lewis and Clark explored the Columbia River region and coastal areas for the U.S. in 1805–1806. Rival American and British settlers and conflicting territorial claims threatened war in the early 1840s. However, in 1846 the Oregon Treaty set the boundary at the 49th parallel and war was averted. Washington is a leading lumber producer. Its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa and white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. The state holds first place in apples, lentils, dry edible peas, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in apricots, asparagus, grapes, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue and the commercial fishing catch of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy. Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding and other transportation equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. Washington has over 1.000 dams, including the Grand Coulee, built for a variety of purposes including irrigation, power, flood control, and water storage. Its abundance of electrical power makes Washington one of the nation's major producers of refined aluminum. Among the major points of interest: Mt. Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks. Mount St. Helens, a peak in the Cascade Range, erupted in May 1980. Also of interest are Whitman Mission and Fort Vancouver National Historic Sites; and the Pacific Science Center and the Space Needle, in Seattle.
Elko City Information:
Population: 16.708
It is believed that Native Americans inhabited what is now the Elko area for 10.000 – 13.000 years prior to the first visits by European trappers and explorers. They lived by hunting, fishing and gathering native plants, including seeds, berries, rose hips and pinenuts. The early Indians trapped fish with willow traps woven out of pliant willow branches, narrow at the neck and widening at the bottom. The first contact with the white man in Nevada was in 1826 when Jedediah Smith made contact with the Shoshone Indians in central Nevada and relayed this information to Meriweather Clark of Lewis and Clark fame. The first recorded white men in the Elko area were fur trappers led by Peter Skene Ogden in 1827. In 1841, the first of an almost continuous stream of pioneers passed through Elko's hills, following the Humboldt River westward. These travelers included the ill-fated Donner Party and later the '49ers. Through the 1850s the wagons creaked painfully along the twisted course of the Humbolt River, their metal rimmed wheels cutting tracks so deep in the rock that in some places they can still be seen today. The origin of the name Elko has been lost in the mists of time, but several stories have been handed down to us. The most probable story is that Charles Crocker of the Central Pacific Railroad liked to name railhead towns after animals. He added an "o" to "Elk" to ease the pronunciation and thus named this new town Elko. The earliest form of scheduled, routine transportation for passengers, freight and mail were the stage lines. As early as 1851, stagecoaches crossed the Humbolt Valley from Salt Lake Utah, to Sacramento California carrying the mail. The Central Pacific railroad gave birth to the town of Elko in 1868 as it pushed its tracks eastward. On new Year's Day in 1869, there were just a few tents among the sagebrush, but two weeks later, hastily laid out plots were selling for $300 to $500 each. From that beginning, the town grew rapidly as a freight terminus to supply the mines in the region. On March 5, 1869, the State Legislature created Elko County from part of Lander County and made Elko the county seat. Elko is the sixth largest county in the United States, consisting of 17.181 square miles (44.499 km²) :-eek, as big as five of the New England states plus the District of Columbia. In May 1869, when the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point Utah, linking the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. The Chinese laborers from the Central Pacific's track crew were abandoned. On foot, hundreds headed west and many stayed in Elko. One of their chief occupations during the summer months was the raising of vegetables for the town. Their gardens were mostly on the northern banks of the Humbolt River and were watered by hand. Eventually the Chinese built the first water system in Elko. They built a reservoir and dug a ditch to carry the water from Osino to the reservoir, a distance of 8-10 miles (right through what is now City Park). Scottish herders brought bands of sheep into Nevada from California and Oregon in the 1860's. When cattlemen were struggling under the impact of the disastrous Winter of the White Death, the sheepmen invaded! They grazed on the pubic lands that the cattlemen had come to think of as their own. The cattlemen responded with armed force, but the sheepmen were as tough as the cattlemen, and they stayed! At this time, to say sheepherder was to say Basque. The men from the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain and France had proven their reliability and herding skills. They had become the preferred employees on sheep ranches throughout the west. By late 1869, Elko's population had climbed to 2.000. When the state legislature passed a law to create a university, they left the location open to competition between the cities and counties. Elko went the extra mile and donated land to the state, as well as providing $20.000 to back up their offer. The University of Nevada opened on October 12, 1874, and was open for 11 years. In 1885, Elko continued its commitment to educate by opening the first high school in the state.
Nevada State Information:
Land area: 109.826 square miles (284.449 km²)
Population: 2.173.491
Capital: Carson City
Nr. of Counties: 16 + 1 independent city
10 largest cities: Las Vegas 478.434; Reno 180.480; Henderson 175.381; North Las Vegas 115.488; Sparks 66.346; Carson City 52.457; Elko 16.708; Boulder City 14.966; Mesquite 9.389 and Fallon 7.536
Governer: Kenny Guinn
Trappers and traders, including Jedediah Smith and Peter Skene Ogden, entered the Nevada area in the 1820s. In 1843–1845, John C. Frémont and Kit Carson explored the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada. The U.S. obtained the region in 1848 following the Mexican War, and the first permanent settlement was a Mormon trading post near present-day Genoa. The driest state in the nation, with an average annual rainfall of only about 7 in., much of Nevada is uninhabited, sagebrush-covered desert. The wettest part of the state receives about 40 in. of precipitation per year, while the driest spot has less than 4 in. per year. Nevada was made famous by the discovery of the Comstock Lode, the richest known U.S. silver deposit, in 1859, and its mines have produced large quantities of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, mercury, barite, and tungsten. Oil was discovered in 1954. Gold now far exceeds all other minerals in value of production. In 1931, the state created two industries, divorce and gambling. For many years, Reno and Las Vegas were the “divorce capitals of the nation.” More liberal divorce laws in many states have ended this distinction, but Nevada is still the gambling capital of the U.S. and a leading entertainment center. State gambling taxes account for 34.1% of general fund tax revenues. Although Nevada leads the nation in per capita gambling revenue, it ranks only tenth in total gambling revenue. The state's leading agricultural industry is cattle and calves. Agricultural crops consist mainly of hay, alfalfa seed, barley, wheat, and potatoes. Nevada manufactures gaming equipment; lawn and garden irrigation devices; titanium products; seismic and machinery monitoring devices; and specialty printing. Lake Tahoe, Reno, and Las Vegas are major resorts. Recreation areas include Pyramid Lake, Lake Tahoe, and Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, both in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Other attractions are Hoover Dam, Virginia City, and Great Basin National Park (includes Lehman Caves).
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LEGS Nr.01-22: (actual status = 02.05.2004)
01 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=39304&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Bangor --> Buffalo]
02 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=39403&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Buffalo --> Richmond]
03 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=39492&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Richmond --> Columbia]
04 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=39568&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Columbia --> St. Louis]
05 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=39675&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|St. Louis --> Shreveport]
06 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=39792&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Shreveport --> Aspen]
07 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=39890&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Aspen --> Fargo]
08 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40057&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Fargo --> Sault Ste. Marie]
09 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40165&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Sault Ste. Marie --> Atlanta]
10 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40399&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Atlanta --> Harrisburg]
11 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40528&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Harrisburg --> Augusta]
12 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40569&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Augusta --> Dover]
13 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40682&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Dover --> Orlando]
14 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40750&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Orlando --> Brownsville]
15 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=40846&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Brownsville --> Carlsbad]
16 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=41032&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Carlsbad --> Bryce Canyon]
17 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=41132&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Bryce Canyon --> San Diego]
18 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=41243&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|San Diego --> Hilo]
19 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=41308&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Hilo --> Honolulu]
20 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=41390&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Honolulu --> Lihue]
21 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=41464&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Lihue --> Kahului]
22 - [link:www.flightsim.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=41573&forum=DCForumID8&omm=0|Kahului --> Port Angeles]
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LEG NR.23:
Flight Plan:
Aircraft-type: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Panther
Origin: KCLM (William R. Fairchild Intl. Airport/Port Angeles/Washington/United States) at 06:21 LT
Fuel available: Yes
Flight route: [link:www.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/4094f7107dd7c338.html|LINK]
Destination: KEKO (Elko Municipal J. C. Harris Field/Elko/Nevada/United States) at 08:45 LT
Fuel available: Yes
Traveltime: 2 hour(s) 24 minute(s)
Point to Point distance: 547,0 nm
Flightplan distance: 594,7 nm
Flight level: 21.000 ft
Cruising speed: ~ 178 kts
Fuel consumption: 91 gal
Flight-route-map
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Flight report: Perfect flight. One of the most spectacular I have ever done. :) After the depature at William R. Fairchild Intl. Airport in Port Angeles, the flight-route guided me southeast-wards over Washington, Oregon and Nevada to Elko, where I landed on Rwy. 5 at the Municipal J. C. Harris Field. Every stage of this flight worked as planned and the scenery was just breathtaking ! :) :9
NEWS: I want to continue this tour tomorrow (= uncertain) or next friday. Upload the following days <-- Exact information about the next destination will follow later in one of my replies or can be found on my website ! ! !
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